After Joan got her diagnosis I made a point of trying to see her in person every few weeks. (My first husband and I got pretty good at keeping ourselves awake and entertained on the New Jersey Turnpike. Sometimes the drive from Connecticut to Washington DC seemed endless.) On one of these many visits I…
Time to check in! How are you doing? Gone to the gym lately? I’m caught reaching for a food chemically formulated to addict me with an added bonus of zero nutritional value. It probably won’t make me healthier. Let’s not look at our failures. Let’s take pride in our baby steps to a better version…
Every person touched by my co-blogger, Joan Mary Smith Grey, continues to spread her good virtues! Many of her ‘sisters’ have contacted me, on this, her birthday, connecting with her compassion and lessening our pain at losing her physical presence. Befriend a ‘Sister’. Joan made it her job to connect with women. She met people…
The tag G.O.A.T. appears everywhere these days. Especially if you watch football. Besides its use in any sport context, advertisers incorporate it into claims about their products. Everyone spins and capitalizes on this ‘new’ buzz word. But it’s not new. The award of GOAT goes way back. However it had an entirely different meaning in…
Guest Blog by Rebecca Rodriguez The friends of my late co-blogger, Joan Grey, are many and come from diverse fields, all uniting at the wish to do good things for all people. The following blog is an ernest request for help from Joan’s friend, Rebecca Rodriguez: I have been privileged to focus on personal development these…
Granted, it is a subtle line: doing the right thing because someone will not bring you toys if you don’t and doing the right thing to become a better person. But at the time of the year when the world refocuses on a dialogue of peace and harmony among all people, do we want to…
All of our loved ones who have gone on before us. On the last day of November, I’m pausing to remember each one of the special people in my life who helped make me who I am. Since these loved ones are no longer with us, I’m sending them prayers. I pray in gratitude for…
So many cute witches, goblins and lady bug superheroes fill the streets, walking and chattering happily in between houses festooned with — giant skeletons! grave markers! hands reaching up from the grave to grab us! A recent Wall Street Journal article bemoans Halloween as an “industrial cartoon death cult” and I agree that by displaying…
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year for parents, according to Urban Legend. But not for every parent. I used to sob, brave game-face crumpling into tears, the second the school door closed on my kids. I hated to see the school year, with its stresses and over-scheduling, swallow the closeness and camaraderie I…
Unexpected angel Flying down the stairs Inadvertently stopping time Reassuring presence Touching my heart Unexpected Angel Winging via mail Your thoughtful recognition Affirming my presence Touching my heart Unexpected angel Appearing in a card Poetry of praises The most generous of presents Touching my heart Unexpected Angel Chronicling the wisdom of the ages Bow-tied…
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